Billy Bob Thornton
Acting • Born 1955-08-04
Biography
Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone. In the mid-1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the independent film Sling Blade, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He appeared in several major film roles following Sling Blade 's success, including 1998's Armageddon and A Simple Plan. During the late 1990s, Thornton began a career as a singer-songwriter. He has released three albums and was the singer of a blues rock band.
Filmography
153 credits
Armageddon
Movie • 1998
Dan Truman
Monster's Ball
Movie • 2001
Hank Grotowski
The Badge
Movie • 2002
Sheriff Darl
Bad Santa
Movie • 2003
Willie
U Turn
Movie • 1997
Darrell
A Simple Plan
Movie • 1998
Jacob Mitchell
Bandits
Movie • 2001
Terry Lee Collins
The Alamo
Movie • 2004
Davy Crockett
The Apostle
Movie • 1997
Troublemaker
The Man Who Wasn't There
Movie • 2001
Ed Crane
Indecent Proposal
Movie • 1993
Day Tripper
Levity
Movie • 2003
Manuel Jordan
Waking Up in Reno
Movie • 2002
Lonnie Earl Dodd
One False Move
Movie • 1991
Ray Malcolm
The Astronaut Farmer
Movie • 2007
Charles Farmer
Intolerable Cruelty
Movie • 2003
Howard D. Doyle
Tombstone
Movie • 1993
Johnny Tyler
South of Heaven, West of Hell
Movie • 2000
Brig. Smalls
The Ice Harvest
Movie • 2005
Vic
Primary Colors
Movie • 1998
Richard Jemmons
Pushing Tin
Movie • 1999
Russell Bell
Daddy and Them
Movie • 2001
Claude Montgomery
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Movie • 1989
Tommy
Eagle Eye
Movie • 2008
Thomas Morgan
Sling Blade
Movie • 1996
Karl Childers
Mr. Woodcock
Movie • 2007
Jasper Woodcock
On Deadly Ground
Movie • 1994
Homer Carlton
Chrystal
Movie • 2004
Joe
School for Scoundrels
Movie • 2006
Dr. P
Bad News Bears
Movie • 2005
Morris Buttermaker
Bound by Honor
Movie • 1993
Lightning
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Movie • 1994
Karl Childers
Friday Night Lights
Movie • 2004
Coach Gary Gaines
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Movie • 1988
Self - Audience Member
Faster
Movie • 2010
Cop
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
Movie • 1997
Syd / Monk
The Smell of Success
Movie • 2011
Patrick
Untouchable
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Dislecksia: The Movie
Movie • 2011
Self
The Informers
Movie • 2008
William Sloan
Homegrown
Movie • 1998
Jack Marsden
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Movie • 2007
Self
Devil's Peak
Movie • 2023
Charlie McNeely
Don't Look Back
Movie • 1996
Marshall
Grey Knight
Movie • 1993
Langston
The Baytown Outlaws
Movie • 2012
Carlos
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Movie • 1993
Rowdy Udall
Trouble Bound
Movie • 1993
Coldface
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Movie • 2013
Skip Caldwell
Nashville Rises
Movie • 2011
Narrator
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Movie • 2010
Self
The Winner
Movie • 1996
Jack
Temple of Art
Movie • 2018
Self
Parkland
Movie • 2013
Forrest Sorrels
London Fields
Movie • 2018
Samson Young
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Movie • 2012
Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Movie • 2011
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie • 2004
Self
Into the Grizzly Maze
Movie • 2015
Douglass
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Movie • 2016
Self
Entourage
Movie • 2015
Larsen McCredle
Immediate Family
Movie • 2022
Self
Cut Bank
Movie • 2014
Stan Steeley
The Judge
Movie • 2014
Dwight Dickham
Floundering
Movie • 1994
Gun Clerk
The First Boys of Spring
Movie • 2016
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Movie • 1995
Roy
(Inside Out): Warren Zevon
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Movie • 2016
General Hollanek
Going Overboard
Movie • 1989
Dave
Our Brand Is Crisis
Movie • 2015
Pat Candy
Love Actually
Movie • 2003
The US President
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
Movie • 2000
Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Movie • 2014
Self - Actor
Bad Santa 2
Movie • 2016
Willie Soke
Out There
Movie • 1995
Jailbird
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Movie • 2015
Self - Actor / Director
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2000
Self
Dead Man
Movie • 1995
Big George Drakoulious
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Movie • 2002
Self
Puss in Boots
Movie • 2011
Jack (voice)
Hunter's Blood
Movie • 1986
Billy Bob
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
Movie • 2013
Self
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Movie • 1998
Self
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
Movie • 2009
Self
South of Reno
Movie • 1988
Counterman
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
A Million Little Pieces
Movie • 2019
Leonard
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
Movie • 2015
Self
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Movie • 2019
Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie • 2004
Other Voices (voice)
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
Movie • 2020
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
Movie • 2022
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Movie • 2005
Self
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Movie • 2020
Self
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
Movie • 2006
Narrator
The Dark Backward
Movie • 1991
Patron at Sloppy's
The Last Real Cowboys
Movie • 2000
Tar
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Movie • 2020
Self
The Gray Man
Movie • 2022
Fitzroy
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Movie • 2008
Self
Hollywood.Con
Movie • 2021
Boxmaster
For the Boys
Movie • 1991
Marine Sergeant, Korea
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
Movie • 2024
Self
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Somedays
Movie
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
Movie • 2016
Narrator
A Celebration of the Life and Times of Skippy Jessop
Movie
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Matlock
TV • 1986
Pawnshop Clerk
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
HypaSpace
TV • 2002
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Hearts Afire
TV • 1992
Billy Bob Davis
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Timberman
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
This Week in Baseball
TV • 1977
VH1 Rock Honors
TV • 2006
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Fargo
TV • 2014
Lorne Malvo
Norm Macdonald Live
TV • 2013
Self
The Big Bang Theory
TV • 2007
Oliver Lorvis
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Goliath
TV • 2016
Billy McBride
Landman
TV • 2024
Tommy Norris
Fargo
TV • 2014
Narrator (voice)
CatDog
TV • 1998
Father (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Harley Quinn
TV • 2019
Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
1883
TV • 2021
Marshal Jim Courtright
Classic Albums
TV • 1997
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Boyce Hubert (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
The Outsiders
TV • 1990
Buck Merrill
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Evening Shade
TV • 1990
Alvin
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
CMT Music Awards
TV • 2002
Self - Presenter
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest